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A cruise around Cleopatra's wedding present

Turkey's Turquoise Coast is beautiful, fertile and relatively unspoilt

28 February 2015

9:00 AM

28 February 2015

9:00 AM

Legend has it that Mark Antony considered Turkey’s Turquoise Coast so beautiful that, in about 32 bc, he gave it to Cleopatra as a wedding present. The country’s southernmost shore stretches for nearly a thousand miles and combined incredible scenery, clear azure waters and a warm Mediterranean climate. Its strategic location means it has been occupied by various empires over the course of its history, including the Lycians and Ottomans.

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